2010

 Friday nights!!  

at The Royal British Legion, Blandford Forum

(See "How to find us")

Wessex Acoustic welcomes guests as well as members, but please note you all need to sign in as visitors to the Legion on the special Folk Club list which will be at the entrance to the function room. To facilitate the membership/guest licence arrangements it would  be a big help if you  book your tickets ahead, so we can prepare an advanced list of expected guests for the Legion, but you can also just turn up on the night without pre-booking.

MID_SUMMER SPECIAL 19th June

The club wishes to thank all our helpers on the night, Rod and Shirley, 

Penny and Ian, who ran the bar so well for us, 

and a special thanks to Andy Stone for the great sound and technical work.

Thanks to Roz too for being the 'legs' ferrying things back and forth, and doing the raffle.

A huge thank you to all our  performers who made the night so special, Rod Jenkins, Cole Stacey, Mary Jane, Barron Brady, The Joyce Gang and our wonderful M.C. Nigel Waite.

Thank you to all who came, we hope you enjoyed the evening.

 

It's now our Summer break - we hope you'll enjoy all the Summer festivals

Get out and enjoy live music!

We'll be doing the rounds of folk festivals scouting for new folk stars to feature at our club or at Swanage Folk Festival

Our next club night is.....

September 17th - Jerry (The Smoky Mountain Gypsy) Harmon

£6 members £8 guests (booking details HERE)

JERRY HARMON is an authentic Appalachian musician and storyteller. Deep in the foothills of the Blue Ridge/Appalachian mountain chain in North Carolina, Jerry, the "Smoky Mountain Gypsy", was born into a family rich in the tradition of storytelling and music. His great-great-great grandfather, Council Harmon, was the first to introduce "Jack Tales" to America from England. These tales, the origin of Appalachian Mountain storytelling, have been faithfully passed down through the generations. Jerry weaves storytelling and music into his unique show.

This is a new venture for the club with some real Appalachian mountain music, something akin to Bluegrass style. Check out some of his music here.

 

October 8th - Bob Fox

Popular singer from the Northeast

October 22nd - Isambarde

A club favourite

November 19th - Vin Garbutt

The one and only

December 3rd - Pete Coe

The one man folk festival

January 14th - Ric Sanders & Vo Fletcher

 Something different - folk - swing - jazz - blues

February 25th - Lucy Ward

A stunning young award winning singer-songwriter

March 25th - Phil Beer

Half of Show of Hands, brilliant solo

April 8th - Tom McConville with David Newey

Fiddler supreme with an amazing guitarist

 

May 6th FAIRPORT CONVENTION -Acoustic

at Upton Community Centre, Upton, Poole 

NOT at British Legion

A very special night in prospect

Tickets on sale from January 5th 2011